Sup"pli*cant (?), a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf.
Suppliant.] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly,
adv.
Sup"pli*cant, n. One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
Rogers.
||Sup"pli*cat (?), n. [L., he supplicates.] (Eng. Universities) A
||petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions
||have been complied with.
Sup"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Supplicating.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of
uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating;
perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease
(cf. Placable), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of
bending the knees (cf. Ply, v. t.). Cf. Supple.] 1. To entreat for; to
seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to
supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel.
2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate
the Deity.
Syn. -- To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune;
solicit; crave. See Beseech.
Sup"pli*cate, v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission;
to implore.
A man can not brook to supplicate or beg.
Bacon.
Sup"pli*ca`ting*ly, adv. In a supplicating manner.
Sup`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [F. supplication, L. supplicatio.] 1. The act
of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.